Office Environment

Working from home sounds like an ideal solution to the rat race – you can combine a few hours of well-paid work every day with a semi-Bohemian lifestyle, reading classical literature and sipping Americano in your secret hideaway café. It’s true that home-working has many advantages- not least that you can slip outside for a […]

It’s been estimated that over 144 billion emails are sent every day, 89 billion of those being from businesses. The world census shows that there are 7 billion people in the world. This means that there are more than 20 times the amount of emails sent every day, than there are people on the planet. […]

A hat and coat stand is a useful addition to any office (and we sell them here at paperstone.co.uk) – but did you hear about the man who mistook his wife for a hat stand? The man was suffering from a neurological condition called visual agnosia, so his brain was unable to process visual information […]

Do you want to get on with your colleagues and impress your boss? Then don’t get fixated by the clock when you’re at work. Dictionary.com defines a clock watcher as “an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the […]

Heralded as the ‘Clever Compartmentalised Mug’, Ibrahim Guvendikler’s Teacup brings an end to all of your most grating Teabag disposal issues. You make yourself a cup of tea and, being a conscientious worker, you want to take it back to your desk. It does of course need enough time to brew so the teabag comes […]

In 1936 the owner of a Copenhagen clothes shop erected scaffolding around the building and covered it with overcoats in an inspired marketing initiative. Apparently, the sight attracted so many customers that the police were called in and ordered the owner to take the coats down. * * * More modest coat stands

Taking swabs of office equipment in New York, San Francisco and Tucson, scientists have revealed something of the microscopic ecosystems that exist on our keyboards, desktops and chairs. It is a truism that your keyboard is crawling with bacteria. However, researchers have been able to glean a more precise picture by looking very closely at […]

Workplace bans on indoor smoking seem to driving smokers to desperate means. One in three smokers admits to making up excuses to nip out for a fag, a shocking survey reveals. More than a third of smoking workers offer to do extra jobs outside their role so they can go for an additional cigarette break. […]

Saint Jerome Writing by Caravaggio, 1605-1606 Over a fifth of British office workers (22%) never go out for a lunch break during a normal working week, according to a new poll by environmental consultants Ambius. And just 21 percent get out every day. The survey’s other findings indicate a workforce chained to their desks and […]

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The festive season is great fun – but it brings peculiar hazards for the office worker There’s the age-old challenge of negotiating the office party without any major faux-pas, not to mention the pressure of confining your frantic Christmas shopping to a one-hour lunch break. And sometimes just getting to work is difficult at this […]

Are you sending Christmas cards to your workmates this year? Despite predictions of their imminent demise in a digital age, Christmas cards are alive and kicking! It seems that most people enjoy the novelty of a hand-written message from friends or loved ones as a contrast to everyday emails and text messages. And this trend […]

Walking or cycling to work is great for your fitness and the environment – but in the winter months it’s a bit more challenging. Here are a few tips to help you stay safe but sustainable in the winter chill: Tips for walkers Stay warm with multiple layers of clothing and avoid anything too big […]